36th Annual Rockport Chamber Music Festival

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1 36th Annual Rockport Chamber Music Festival Friday, June 2, 6 PM Opening Night Gala Celebrating David Deveau s 22 years as Artistic Director Joshua Bell, violin Alessio Bax, piano BEETHOVEN: Sonata in A major, Op. 12, No. 2 BRAHMS: (Sonatensatz) Scherzo in C minor BRAHMS: Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 YSAŸE: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 27 DEBUSSY: Sonata in G minor, L140 SARASATE: Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25 Concert & Dinner Tickets: $750-$1,250 Saturday, June 3, 8 PM David Deveau & Friends Bayla Keyes, violin Steven Ansell, viola Michael Reynolds, cello David Deveau, piano An inspired foursome of seasoned chamber players (current and former members of the acclaimed Muir String Quartet as well as our own David Deveau) converge for a special concert featuring the world premiere of Charles Shadle s Dogtown Common. BEETHOVEN: String Trio in C minor, Op. 9 No.3 CHARLES SHADLE: Dogtown Common (piano quartet)- world premiere FAURÉ: Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15 Tickets: $39, $35, $29 Sunday, June 4, 5 PM Canadian Brass J.S. BACH: Little Fugue in G minor MONTEVERDI: Damigella Tutta Bella GABRIELI: Canzona per Sonare, No. 4 MOZART: Turkish Rondo Tribute to Leonard Bernstein LENNON/MCCARTNEY: Penny Lane PADILLA: El Relicario CRESPO: Vals Peruano SCHUMANN: Selections from Carnaval KAMEN: Quintet KOMPANEK (arr): Tribute to the Ballet Tickets: $79, $72, $55 Thursday, June 8, 8 PM

2 Jonah Ellsworth, cello & Heng-Jin Park, piano JANÁČEK: Pohadka MENDELSSOHN: Sonata in D major CRUMB: Sonata for solo cello BRAHMS: Sonata in F major, Op.99 Tickets: $36, $29, $19 Friday, June 9, 8 PM Jupiter Quartet and Jasper Quartet HAYDN: Quartet in F major, Op. 77, No.2 LIGETI: Quartet No. 1 MENDELSSOHN: Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20 Tickets: $65, $59, $47 Saturday, June 10, 8 PM Russell Sherman, piano BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90 Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101 Rondo in G major, Op. 51, No. 2 Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 Tickets: $69, $62, $49 Sunday, June 11, 5 PM Jupiter String Quartet & Richard Stoltzman, clarinet BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in E-flat major, Harp, Op.74 GOLIJOV: Yiddishbbuk for string quartet MOZART: Quintet for clarinet and strings in A major, K.581 Tickets: $69, $62, $49 Thursday, June 15, 8 PM All-Brahms with Andrew Rangell and Friends

3 Andrew Rangell, piano Sarita Kwok & Robyn Bollinger, violins Jessica Bodner, viola Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello ALL-BRAHMS Selection of Solo Piano Works Piano Trio in A major, Op. Posthumous Quintet for piano and strings in F minor, Op.34 Tickets: $49, $42, $35 Friday, June 16, 8 PM Escher String Quartet and Joyce Yang, piano RACHMANINOFF: Three Preludes G-sharp minor, Op. 32, No. 12 D Major, Op. 23, No. 4 C-sharp minor, Op. 3, No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No.9 in E-flat major, Op.117 SHOSTAKOVICH: Quintet for piano and strings in G minor, Op.57 Tickets: $65, $59, $47 Saturday, June 17, 8 PM Handel & Haydn Society Harry Christophers, artistic director Ian Watson, conductor and harpsichordist Program: Henry Purcell s The Fairy Queen (1692) in a concert-style performance. Tickets: $52, $45, $38 Sunday, June 18, 5 PM Chameleon Ensemble-All B s! Deborah Boldin, flute and artistic director Deborah Boldin, flute Robyn Bollinger, violin Vivian Choi, piano Gary Gorczyca, clarinet Franziska Huhn, harp Mary Mackenzie, soprano William Manley, percussion Rafael Popper- Keizer, cello Kenneth Renshaw, violin Scott Woolweaver, viola BEETHOVEN: Variations for cello and piano on Ein Madchen oder Weibchen, Op. 66 BARTÓK: Contrasts for clarinet, violin and piano BERIO: Folksongs for soprano, flute, clarinet, viola, cello, harp and percussion BLOCH: Quintet No.1 for piano and strings (1923) Tickets: $49, $42, $35 Thursday, June 22, 8 PM Frank Huang, violin, David Requiro, cello, & Gilles Vonsattel, piano

4 BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in E-flat major, Woo. 38 CARTER: Epigrams SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Trio No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Trio in A minor, Op.50 Tickets: $65, $59, $47 Friday, June 23, 8 PM Lorelei Ensemble Idem ATO: Portum in ultimo G. DUFAY: Rite majorem Jacobum canamus Artibus summis simeri reclusi Torino Manuscript: Pou ce que point fu de la amere espine/a toi vierge me represente DUFAY: O proles Hispaniae/O sidus Hispaniae Apostolo glorioso David LANG: I live in pain Peter GILBERT: Tsukimi (commissioned by Lorelei, 2013) William BILLINGS: Africa Dana MAIBEN: Vermont Joshua SHANK: Saro (commissioned by Lorelei, 2014) Joshua BORNFIELD: Reconstructed (commissioned by Lorelei, 2014) Adam Jacob SIMON: Inman BORNFIELD: Reconstructed Wrath, Brother, Sister, Mourner and Salvation Tickets: $46, $40, $29 Saturday, June 24, 8 PM Between Twilights David Alpher, piano and composer Robert Osborne, baritone Stephanie Chase, violin Sophie Shao, cello One of the founding directors of the Rockport Chamber Music Festival, composer and pianist David Alpher brings a special world premiere performance of his newest work Between Twilights: Seven Songs on Poems of Marsden Harley. MOZART: Piano trio in B-flat major, K.502 ALPHER: Between Twilights: Seven Songs on Poems of Marsden Hartley (world premiere) SCHUMANN: Piano Trio in D minor, Op.63 Tickets: $49, $42, $35 Sunday, June 25, 5 PM Charlie Albright, piano

5 HANDEL: Chaconne CHOPIN: Variations on Mozart s La ci Darem la Mano ALBRIGHT: Improvisation KAPUSTIN: Variations, Op.41 MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition Tickets: $39, $35, $29 Thursday, June 29, 8 PM New York Woodwind Quintet with Mihae Lee, piano Carol Wincenc, flute, Stephen Taylor, oboe, Charles Neidich, clarinet, William Purvis, horn, and Marc Goldberg, bassoon HINDEMITH: Kleine Kammermusik MOZART: Fantasy in F minor, K.608 (orig. for organ) arr. W. Purvis PAVEL HASS: Wind Quintet CARTER: Wind Quintet MONTEVERDI: Two Madrigals, arr. W. Purvis POULENC: Sextet for piano and winds Tickets: $52, $45, $38 Friday, June 30, 8 PM Boston Symphony Chamber Players with David Deveau, piano MOZART: Sonata for violin and piano in B-flat major, K.454 TAFFANEL: Woodwind Quintet in G minor BRAHMS: Trio for horn, violin and piano in E-flat major, Op.40 Tickets: $79, $72, $55 Saturday, July 1, 8 PM Brentano String Quartet GESUALDO (arr. Adolphe): Five Madrigals STEPHEN HARTKE: The Fifth Book (written for the Brentano Quartet) BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in F major, Op. 59, No.1 Tickets: $46, $40, $29 Thursday, July 6, 8 PM Garrick Ohlsson, piano

6 SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata in A minor, Op.143 (D.784) SCRIABIN: Etude, Op. 65, No. 1 Etude in D-flat Major, Op. 8, No. 10 Prelude, Op. 59, No. 2 Poeme, Op. 32, No. 1 Sonata No. 5, Op. 53 SCHUBERT: Sonata in A major, D.959 Tickets: $72, $66, $50 Friday, July 7, 8 PM Deveau-Cárdenes-Williams Trio HAYDN: Trio in G major, Gypsy SHOSTAKOVICH: Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op.67 DVOŘÁK: Dumky Trio, Op.90 Tickets: $59, $55, $45 Saturday, July 8, 8 PM Boston Camerata Anne Azema, artistic director Program: Tristan & Iseult: A Medieval Romance in Poetry and Music based on original medieval sources by Gottfried von Strassburg (ca. 1210) and Thomas de Bretagne (ca ). Tickets: $52, $45, $38 Sunday, July 9, 5 PM Grand Finale David Deveau, piano Andrés Cárdenes, violin Barry Shiffman, viola Anne Martindale Williams, cello BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in E-flat major, Op. 1, No. 1 DVOŘÁK: Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 87 Tickets: $69, $62, $49 ROCKPORT CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL EDUCATION AND OUTREACH Pre-Concert Talks Fridays: June 9, 16, 23, 30, July 7 Saturdays: June 3, 10, 17, 24, July 1, 8 Open Rehearsal: Handel & Haydn Society Saturday, June 17, 4 PM

7 Rehearsing Henry Purcell s The Fairy Queen Lecture-Performance: Victor Rosenbaum, piano Tuesday, June 20, 7 PM Beethoven S Piano Sonata Op. 110: A Life s Journey Lecture-Performance: Stringed Instruments--Everything You Ever Wanted to Know Thursday, July 6, 2 PM Julius Quartet David Hawthorne, bowmaker Karl Dennis, luthier Learn how instrument and bow makers create their finished pieces. The Julius Quartet will demonstrate the techniques composers have used to get the sounds they desire. Family Concert: Julius Quartet Saturday, July 8, 10 am All Education & Outreach events are free, no tickets required. Unless otherwise indicated, all concerts and events are held at the Shalin Liu Performance Center at 37 Main Street, Rockport, Massachusetts.